Omani Arabic
variety of Peninsular Arabic spoken in Oman
Omani Arabic is a dialect of Arabic spoken in Oman, Zanzibar, and parts of Kenya, Somalia, the UAE, Iran, and Pakistan.
| Omani Arabic | |
|---|---|
| اللهجة العمانية | |
| Native to | Oman |
| Region | Hajar mountains and a few coastal towns |
Native speakers | (720,000 in Oman cited 1996)[1] 320,000 in UAE (no date),[1] 15,000 in Kenya (1995)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Arabic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | acx |
| Glottolog | oman1239 |
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References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Omani Arabic at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
